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PERILOUS PASSION - Katherine D. Jones Parker Publishing/Noire Passion February 2008 |
SYNOPSIS: Former policewoman, Karen Bryant, creates a new life for herself after a career-ending injury. Instead of finding a way to help criminally-troubled families in her Cleveland neighborhood, she finds a way to prevent criminal activity with a program aimed at the youth. Unfortunately, her one obstacle appeared to be a very sexy, Officer Caro Spencer.
CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE |4| Keren Childers
REVIEW:
In PERILOUS PASSIONS, Ms. Jones introduces two
controversial characters that dominant their positions in law.
Karen Bryant is energetic, persistent, and will stop at nothing to get
the job done. Caro Spencer is the same way. Karen is very
passionate, but leery of that love bug. She’s been there, done
that, and evidently didn’t like the outcome. Caro is afraid of the
C word, yes ladies “Commitment”. He skirts all around this topic
and shows it in his relationship with Karen. Karen is a strong
woman who just doesn’t have time to put up with a man who doesn’t know
what he wants in a relationship.
The plot connects well in this story, there are two
twists that eventually meet in the end and brings the leads together.
The love scenes are sizzling, steamy hot. There’s some erotica in
it and believe me, there are scenes that you have no choice but to go
back and reread. I can only say that they are off the hook, and
man there are some horny folks in this book. But you know, I am
not mad at them at all.
Mixing suspense and romance helped the storyline
tremendously. I found it hard to stop reading parts of the book.
The pace is consistent and flows well. The only frustration that I
encountered in the story was Caro’s back and forth hesitancy of making a
commitment with Karen. Karen was a patient woman to put up with
it, some women would have told him to take a hike. Arnold Dyer,
Karen’s half-brother, kept the story moving and became the referee, of
sorts.
I must commend Ms. Jones on a job well done.
I am just saddened that we lost Ms. Jones last May of 2007. Rest in
peace Katherine. You would have been proud of this story.
reviewer@romanceincolor.com | 10th May 2008